Membership

AAEM/RSA Recent Accomplishments

AAEM/RSA has been actively working for the benefit of both emergency medicine residents and medical students. The following is a partial list of our recent accomplishments:

1. AAEM/RSA became an independent organization and maintains an independent budget.
2. We have negotiated valuable discounts for our members on the textbooks you want and need most. These include:
• 10% discount on Elsevier products, including Rosen's textbook
• 15% discount on all Lippincott publications
• 20% discount on Ken Iserson's book, Getting into a Residency  
• 20% discount on McGraw-Hill products, including Tintinalli's textbook
• 20% discount on PEPID Emergency Physician Suite (ED)
3. The AAEM/RSA Toxicology Handbook is free to all residents as a book or a PDA version.  Students can purchase a copy of the book at a discounted rate.
4. Rules of the Road for Medical Students is free to all first-time $20 and $50 student members.  Rules of the Road for EM Residents is free to all first-time resident members.
5. AAEM/RSA increased the number of 100% residency programs by 20%.
6. Developed EM Select, which is used by more than 500 medical students.
7. The AAEM Career Network is available through our website as a members-only benefit.
8. Called for the creation of the joint AAEM and RSA Critical Care Task Force and appointed members.
9. Developed a liaison relationship with the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) and appointed a member to the CORD Ethics and Recruitment Task Force.
10. Planned programming for the AAEM/RSA Resident and Student Tracks at the 13th Annual AAEM Scientific Assembly.
11. Added two new RSA sections, International EM and Resident Journal Watch, to our newsletter, Common Sense.
12. AAEM/RSA has active committees working on Advocacy, Education, Membership and Communication.
13. AAEM/RSA is represented on several AAEM committees.
14. AAEM/RSA continues to work diligently toward developing a collaborative relationship with other emergency medicine organizations to allow us to stand up for emergency medicine physicians, residents, and medical students with a unified voice.